by Matthew Johnson | Dec 30, 2016 | Prior Art Issues
By Matt Johnson On December 20th, the PTAB found inventor Seymour Levine’s attempt to rescue certain claims of his patent via a swear-behind declaration unsuccessful. Boeing Company v. Seymour Levine, IPR2015-01341, Final Written Decision (Dec. 20, 2016). Mr....
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 23, 2016 | Other News, PTAB News
In April 2016, the PTO launched its Post Grant Outcomes Pilot, an initiative to inform Examiners of relevant PTAB proceedings regarding patents related to an application (e.g., a continuation, divisional, continuation-in-part) that they are currently examining....
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 18, 2016 | Evidentiary Issues, Federal Circuit Appeal
By Matt Johnson On Nov. 8, the Federal Circuit reversed a PTAB decision to exclude certain allegedly hearsay Reg Synthetic evidence submitted in an attempt to antedate a prior art reference because the Circuit panel found that the evidence was not submitted for the...
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 3, 2016 | Patent Eligible Subject Matter
On November 2nd, the USPTO issued new guidance to Patent Examiners regarding § 101 subject matter eligibility. The memorandum provides guidance based on Federal Circuit decisions issued since the Office’s most recent, May 2016, update. The four page letter...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 25, 2016 | PTAB News
The PTAB has introduced a new page where case-dispositive rulings are posted on a daily basis. This page facilitates a quick review of Final Written Decisions, Settlements, and Adverse judgments issued today and the day before. The daily decisions page is described...
